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Mozambique photo specifications

Photo sizes and rules for 2 documents issued in Mozambique, taken from the issuing authorities and linked to their official pages.

Based on 5 official sources · last checked Official sources

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At a glance

This guide covers two documents. The Mozambican passport, issued by SENAMI, has no published photo size: its requirements list a passport-type photo, and missions capture biometric data in person. Visitors request an eVisa or ETA on evisa.gov.mz and upload a recent passport-style photo; visas applied for at an embassy take prints, 35 x 45 mm (3.5 x 4.5 cm) in Tokyo.

Overview

The Serviço Nacional de Migração (SENAMI) is responsible for both documents. It issues passports to Mozambican citizens at home, while embassies and high commissions take applications abroad and record biometric data in person, at their premises or on announced collection days. For visitors, SENAMI publishes the eVisa portal, which since 11 February 2026 handles every online request as an Electronic Travel Authorisation, and the missions still issue other visa categories from paper files.

The photo differs accordingly. For the passport, SENAMI lists a passport-type photo without giving a size, and Washington captures data at the embassy without asking for a print. For a visit, the online request takes an uploaded frontal photo, and a visa applied for at a mission takes one or two printed photos, depending on the embassy.

Photo specifications by document

Passports

Mozambique Passports
DocumentPrint sizeDigital sizeBackground
Passport——Not published for the passport

Visas and travel authorisations

Mozambique Visas and travel authorisations
DocumentPrint sizeDigital sizeBackground
Visa35 × 45 mm—Washington embassy: white. The eVisa portal…

Frequently asked questions

The passport, where SENAMI lists a passport-type photo and missions capture biometric data in person, and visas: a photo uploaded with an eVisa or ETA request, or printed photos for a visa applied for at an embassy or high commission.

SENAMI, the national migration service, issues passports in Mozambique and runs the eVisa portal. Embassies and high commissions take passport applications from citizens abroad and issue the visa categories not handled online.

No. No size is published for the passport photo, and biometric data are captured in person. The visa photo is either an upload described as a recent passport-style photo, or a print, such as Tokyo's 35 x 45 mm.

Use evisa.gov.mz, the portal SENAMI publishes and the missions in London and Tokyo link to. Other sites selling Mozambique e-visas are not the government portal.

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Official sources

  1. Serviço Nacional de Migração (SENAMI). Mozambique eVisa and eTA: Official Portal evisa.gov.mz. Checked 2 November 2026.
  2. Serviço Nacional de Migração (SENAMI). Requisitos: Passaporte (biométrico) senami.gov.mz. Checked 2 November 2026.
  3. High Commission of the Republic of Mozambique, London. Consular Section mozambiquehighcommission.org.uk. Checked 2 November 2026.
  4. High Commission of the Republic of Mozambique, London. Visa Section mozambiquehighcommission.org.uk. Checked 2 November 2026.
  5. Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique, Tokyo. Visas embamoc.jp. Checked 2 November 2026.
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"Mozambique photo specifications". WorldPhotoSpecs. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://worldphotospecs.org/mozambique

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